The Best Scroller Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Terminator 2D: No Fate added at rank #43.
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Peace, Death! 2 (2021)

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Review score
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Android IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!

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  • comedy
  • memes
  • turn-based
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • humor
  • funny
  • arcade
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • tactical
  • dark
  • puzzle

12

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers (2022)

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88
Review score
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.

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  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • noir
  • space
  • retro
  • aliens
  • politics
  • cooperative
  • old-school
  • local
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • so-so

13

Teacup (2020)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Teacup is a short and wholesome narrative adventure game with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression. You play as the titular Teacup, a shy and introverted young frog who loves drinking tea and reading. The day before she is to host a tea party at her house, she realizes she is completely out of tea, and thus must venture into the woods around her to find the herbs she needs to restock her pantry. During your adventure you will meet the charming inhabitants of the forest. Some are talkative, some are grumpy, but all of them will lend you an ear on your adventure. Explore this gorgeous watercolor world filled with friendly animals, playful minigames, puzzles, and beautiful, calming wilderness.

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  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • cute
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • relaxing
  • horror
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • coffee
  • story
  • non-linear
  • funny
  • 2d

14

Burnhouse Lane (2022)

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84
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Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...

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  • horror
  • dark
  • cats
  • psychedelic
  • humor
  • scroller
  • choices
  • action-adventure
  • drama
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • surreal
  • multiple-endings
  • story
  • adventure

15

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - Sacred Reunion (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows j

The Double Dragon brothers return in this fresh addition to the iconic beat 'em up franchise. With roguelite elements, every playthrough is a chance at new action. Tag in with 2 of 4 starter characters or unlock 9 additional characters, each with their own special moves and unique playstyles.


  • local
  • beat-em-up
  • arts
  • cooperative
  • scroller
  • martial
  • 1990s
  • rogue-like
  • pixel
  • retro
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action
  • multiplayer
  • old-school

16

Mon Amour (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

ONE button is all you need in this flappy kissing game! Welcome to a wonderful world where love is... diversity. A pastel-coloured, pixelated world, where a mustachioed-monsieur will kiss a princess, and 64 of her loyal subjects!

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  • attack
  • score
  • lgbtq
  • scroller
  • romance
  • family-friendly
  • linear
  • psychedelic
  • arcade
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • remix
  • cute
  • comedy
  • colourful

17

Wild Dogs (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4

The world is under a frantic alien attack. Amidst the chaos and with the army virtually subdued, the deadliest and most inconsequential pair of specialists are called upon to do what must be done. Join the war hunting aliens around the world and in every way possible.

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  • dog
  • soundtrack
  • retro
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • aliens
  • pixel
  • robots
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • run-and-gun
  • arcade
  • shooter
  • platform
  • contra

18

X-Out: Resurfaced (2025)

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73
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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Build your fleet and face the alien terror from the deep! Now it’s up to you alone to stop an alien invasion from the depths of the ocean in this legendary, home computer era shoot ‘em up dredged up and faithfully rebuilt for modern platforms – X-Out: Resurfaced!


  • scrolling
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • pve
  • submarine
  • 2d
  • shooter
  • side-scrolling
  • enemy
  • horizontally-scrolling
  • aliens
  • underwater
  • abstract
  • attack
  • score

19

Jitsu Squad (2022)

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81
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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.


What we like:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

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Night Slashers: Remake (2024)

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Night Slashers is a pulse-pounding, horror-themed beat 'em up game, in a nightmarish world filled with bloodthirsty creatures and unspeakable horrors.


  • beat-em-up
  • arcade
  • remake
  • horror
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • zombies
  • fight
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • pulse-pounding
  • post-apocalyptic
  • supernatural
  • comic
  • belt-scrolling

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